Category: Breast Health
August 16, 2017 – Better Survival
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Anchor lead: For women with one type of breast cancer, using two agents improves survival, Elizabeth Tracey reports Women who have breast cancer classified as HER2 positive because of the types of proteins found on the cancer cells may consider …
PodMed – Week of April 17, 2017http://podcasts.hopkinsmedicine.org/2017/04/14/podmed-week-of-april-17-2017/
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This week’s topics include deaths relative to diabetes, increases in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes among US youth, the benefits of spinal manipulation for low back pain, and draft recommendations regarding prostate cancer screening. Program notes: 0:40 Prostate …
March 2, 2017 – Breast Cancer Blood Test
November 11, 2016 – Routine Mammography
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Anchor lead: Controversy swirls around mammography risks and benefits, Elizabeth Tracey reports More small breast tumors are being diagnosed now but not a proportional reduction in the number of large ones, a recent study found, pointing to the potential for …
November 10, 2016 – Breast Cancer Tool
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Anchor lead: A new tool can help physicians better manage breast cancer, Elizabeth Tracey reports A new online tool developed by Antonio Wolff, a breast cancer expert at Johns Hopkins, and colleagues should help doctors managing women with breast cancer …
PodMed – Week of October 24, 2016
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This week’s topics include changing therapy with a genetic assessment of breast cancer, outcomes from hernia repair, a new agent for osteoporosis, and syncope and pulmonary embolism. Program notes: 0:30 Results of hernia repair 1:32 Either mesh, or routine surgery …